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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:3 / 4.5
Course supervisor:Dita Rietuma
Study type:Part time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Communication Science; Information and Communication Science
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Communication Sciences

Objective

In the 19th century films were born as “animated photography” – a static image got the uniqueness of motion and the ability to “capture” the flow of time. Since the origins of film development film trends and stylistic searches have affected the visual culture of the 20th and the 21st century, and photography is also its component.

Prerequisites

None.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

After mastering the course students:
• Will recognise, know, compare different film stylistics and analogues in photography.
• Will recognise authors in film and photography, whose work reflects the most essential stylistic directions.
• Will know, justify technical means used to obtain certain image characteristics.

Skills

After mastering the course students:
• Will use certain stylistics for the creation of own photographic work.
• Will define and use technical means to create certain stylistics.
• Will make the selected stylistics suitable for the requirements of certain formats.

Competence

After mastering the course students:
• Will evaluate audiovisual works – film and photo works.
• Will find one’s way around film culture heritage and its reflections in photography.
• Will use a diverse stylistic palette in creating own work.
• Will be able to show responsible and knowledge-based activity in creating own creative work.

Study course planning

Planning period:Year 2024, Autumn semester
Study programmeStudy semesterProgram levelStudy course categoryLecturersSchedule
Photography, FON 5Bachelor’sRequired